3D Ultra Lionel Traintown is a 3rd person

Point of view (literature)

The narrative mode is the set of methods the author of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical story uses to convey the plot to the audience. Narration, the process of presenting the narrative, occurs because of the narrative mode...

 railroading game by Sierra Entertainment

Sierra Entertainment

Sierra Entertainment Inc. was an American video-game developer and publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken and Roberta Williams...

. It consists of train layouts, some of which you can edit. Some of the locomotives include: Union Pacific

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....

 EMD SW1500

EMD SW1500

The EMD SW1500 was a diesel locomotive intended for switching service and built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between June 1966 and January 1974. 808 examples were constructed. It was closely related to the less powerful EMD SW1000 model, forming a line of switchers powered by the new...

 switcher

Switcher

A switcher or shunter is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been...

, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...

 F3A

EMD F3

The EMD F3 was a , B-B freight- and passenger-hauling diesel locomotive produced between July 1945 and February 1949 by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division. Final assembly was at GM-EMD's La Grange, Illinois plant...

 diesel locomotive (usually used to pull passenger trains), a generic 2-8-4

2-8-4

In the Whyte notation, a 2-8-4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and two unpowered trailing axles. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway used the name Kanawha for...

 Berkshire steam locomotive, and a 1950s passenger railcar.

Gameplay

There are six job bins, starting with tutorials, followed by Caboose Washer (easy), Hobo Bouncer (average), Grease Monkey (hard), Fire Stoker (very hard), and Whistle Blower (intense).

Each job bin contains 12 jobs. The last one is a special unlockable job that can only be done if all 11 prior jobs are completed. The exception is the Tutorials bin, where all jobs are available at any time. The unlockable jobs are themed somewhat festively, and usually have an animated cutscene at the end of some sort (e.g., a circus

Circus

A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

, the Colosseum

Colosseum

The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire...

).

Most jobs involve the basic concept of picking up and delivering loads via different freight and passenger cars. However, some are completely different. The "School Daze" series involve moving numbered

Numbers

A number is a concept used to describe and assess quantity.Number may also refer to:* Numeral system, a writing system for expressing numbers* Number , a number-guessing computer game* Number , a Japanese sports magazine...

 freight cars to make valid addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division equations at 6 difficulty levels (kindergarten

Kindergarten

A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 through 5th grade). The "Sister's" jobs involve sorting freight cars coming down the track into the right siding at 6 different levels. Three different jobs are like a game of concentration

Concentration (game)

Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...

, in which you try to match the loads in the cars as quickly and in the fewest guesses as possible. The job "Dung Wars" is like a game of pick-up sticks, "The Gallows" like hangman

Hangman (game)

Hangman is a paper and pencil guessing game for two or more players. One player thinks of a word and the other tries to guess it by suggesting letters.-Overview:...

, and the challenging "Tower of Power" like the Tower of Hanoi

Tower of Hanoi

The Tower of Hanoi or Towers of Hanoi, also called the Tower of Brahma or Towers of Brahma, is a mathematical game or puzzle. It consists of three rods, and a number of disks of different sizes which can slide onto any rod...

 game. In "Sort of Tricky", you have to unscramble seven anagram

Anagram

An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...

s before time runs out, even though bonus time is given for each completed word.

In the Tutorials bin, there are five guided jobs which teach you different steps in the road to becoming a successful engineer. The next four jobs are free-play train parks with unlimited time and loads. The last three in the Tutorials bin are build parks, where you can lay out track however you want, with a few limits, and then play on it like a free-play level.

Also, there are seven different base areas for layouts to be set up in. They are: Oak Valley, a generic wooded plain; Cactus Valley, a sprawling desert; North Pole, a wintery world filled with holiday

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 decoration; Living Room; Backyard; Planet X, a rarely used layout on a moon

Moon

The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...

-like surface; and one on a piece of yellow notebook paper

Paper

Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....

, used for the School Daze missions.

Jobs

If the job has a time limit, it will have a number of minutes in parentheses at the end. For example, (5 min).

Tutorial

Tutorial: The Basics

• Just as it sounds, a guided tutorial explaining how to drive a locomotive, switch tracks, and couple cars together.

Tutorial: Loads and Deliveries

• A second walkthrough mission, detailing how to refuel, pick up loads, and deliver loads.

Tutorial: Signals

• The third guided mission, which teaches you how to change signal lights and place flags to stop or reverse trains without touching them.

Tutorial: Special Track

• This fourth walkthrough tutorial teaches the player how to use a turntable
  Turntablism
  Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records, stylus and mixer...
  
  , Bascule bridge
  Bridge
  A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
  
  , and a rotary dumper.

Tutorial: How To Fix Hazards

• The last actual tutorial teaches you how to fix natural hazards, such as plowing avalanches, fixing broken switches with a handcar, and moving animals that are in the way via the whistle. This tutorial has a time limit (5 minutes)

Train Park: Cactus Valley

• A free play park based in the desert.

Train Park: Backyard

• A large free play park based in a backyard.

Train Park: Living Room

• A free play park based in a living room.

Train Park: Oak Valley

• An elaborate practice park, complete with twin Bascule bridges and a coal pier, the latter of which does not appear anywhere else.

Build Park: Cactus Valley

• A custom-build park based in the desert.

Build Park: North Pole

• A custom-build park in the snowy Arctic Circle.

Build Park: Oak Valley

• A custom-build park in the green Oak Valley.

Caboose Washer

Burger Time

• A simple first job, in which you load a refrigerator car with hamburger
  Hamburger
  A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
  
  s and deliver it to the furniture factory.

Santa's Helper

• A slight bit more complicated, but quite straightforward still, involving delivering reindeer
  Reindeer
  The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
  
   and Santa's
  Santa Claus
  Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...
  
   sleigh to Santa's workshop.

Fish to Fry

• Less simple than the past two, this job has you utilize a turntable to load up with fish
  Fish
  Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
  
   and heating oil
  Oil
  An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
  
   to deliver to the angler's club for a fish fry.

Think, Think, Think

• The first job not to involve train driving at all, it is a simple matching game.

Tee Time

• Your objective is to deliver golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
   balls to the mini golf
  Miniature golf
  Miniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
  
   course prior to a visit by the queen, but an underfueled locomotive and a drawbridge create obstacles.

What a Mess

• In a small but somewhat complex layout, you need to deliver RC cars and toy elephants back to the toybox from the living room floor.

Sister's Picking on Me

• Possibly as payback for staying up later than her, your little sister has taken all your trains and is sending freight cars down the line toward a three-way switch under your control. Your job is to sort the cars down the right line. If one is put in the wrong siding, it's immediately game over for that job, and you must start the mission over.

Spaced Out Invaders

• Aliens are beginning their attack on Planet X, shooting laser
  Laser
  A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
  
  s at the track. You must bring the Queen of X to her secret fortress down the line, repairing track destroyed by UFOs to get there.

School Daze: Kindergarten

• Adding to the educational element of the game, this job has you devise an addition equation using three numbers.

The Mayor's Bad Day

• Mayor Phatt has broken his chair, and it's up to you to bring him a new one, as well as his favorite lunch (cookie
  Cookie
  In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have...
  
  s).

Dodge Ball

• The schoolkids need you to get some new dodgeballs for them since theirs went flat. However, getting there is dodgeball in itself: commuter trains come at you from each side of the screen on the rail lines between the starting point and the destination.

A Day at the Circus

• This job is only accessible if you completed all 11 jobs prior. Simply deliver all the pre-loaded goods to the circus, then get some passengers there, and you get to watch a cutscene of a circus.

Hobo Bouncer

Sister's Little Game

• Same rules as the previous Sister's mission, but with more sidings.

Cool Summer Evenings

• Deliver the pool balls
  Billiards
  Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
  
   from the ball factory and the sweater
  Sweater
  A sweater, jumper, pullover, sweatshirt, jersey or guernsey is a garment intended to cover the torso and arms. It is often worn over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top, but may also be worn alone as a top...
  
  s from the depot up to Bill's pool hall. This job is the first non-tutorial to be timed (5 minutes).

School Daze: 1st Grade

• Another math-related job, this time using more numbers to make the equation.

Strange Sightings

• UFOs have reportedly been witnessed in the area, destroying track. Use the repair crane to repair the track and let the passenger liner through to the station, but be careful of the alien lasers. (5 min)

Mind Over Matter

• Another matching game, but with more cars to match (5 min).

Batch-o-Cookies

• Mama wants to bake some delicious cookies, and needs your help. Load up grain and milk and run it over to the flour mill, then take the cookies through the tunnel. Navigating onto the sidings is the challenge here (8 min).

Mouse in a Maze

• Crazy Uncle Tim has built a maze-like layout for you to navigate. Get the milk to the end before it curdles (5 min).

Sister's Little Tantrum

• The sidings are in a more complex formation for a longer and more difficult sorting game than before.

The Gallows

• A simple game of hangman with only six guesses to spell out a word related to the game itself (5 min).

A Questionable Bar-B-Que

• A straightforward task of delivering steaks
  Beef
  Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...
  
   and manure
  Fertilizer
  Fertilizer is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin that is added to a soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. A recent assessment found that about 40 to 60% of crop yields are attributable to commercial fertilizer use...
  
   turns difficult because of a strange layout (5 min).

Rush Hour

• A trainload of elves can't make it to the station due to a broken switch. Unfortunately, the repair handcar is on the other side of many tracks that have trains driving on them. Your objective is to get the handcar across all of the lines without crashing (5 min).

Ms. Liberty

• In this unlockable job, your assignment is to build a model of the Statue of Liberty
  Statue of Liberty
  The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
  
  . Given $215, you must be frugal, since each load costs a little money. The price of the load varies, so you must study price trends and load up when the price is right. Deliver all the sets of loads without going bankrupt, and enjoy the celebratory animation.

Grease Monkey

School Daze: 2nd Grade

• Another math-related job, now including subtraction as well as addition. Use all the numbers to make two valid equations to pass.

Recycle Mania

• A cleanup crew has collected oil
  Oil
  An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
  
   from a spill
  Oil spill
  An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is mostly used to describe marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters...
  
   on the lake. Recycle the oil, and all the other trash lying around, to make steel
  Steel
  Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
  
   and keep Oak Valley green (15 minutes).

Where's the Cargo?

• An extensive matching game, with 72 cars to match and a short time limit (4 minutes, 5 minutes in Deluxe edition).

Sister's At It Again

• Little Sister's layout is more difficult now, so keep on your toes and sort correctly.

Unfinished Connections

• A layout has yet to be finished, so it's up to you to use the least possible track to get the rural industries running (6 minutes in Deluxe edition).

Codename: Sema4

• As a secret agent
  SPY
  SPY is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* SPY , ticker symbol for Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts* SPY , a satirical monthly, trademarked all-caps* SPY , airport code for San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire...
  
   for TrainTown, you have been assigned to control the semaphore
  Railway semaphore signal
  One of the earliest forms of fixed railway signal is the semaphore. These signals display their different indications to train drivers by changing the angle of inclination of a pivoted 'arm'. Semaphore signals were patented in the early 1840s by Joseph James Stevens, and soon became the most...
  
  s a busy intersection. Survive for a minute, then go for the high score. The mission is infinite, though, and is stated as impossible. As long as you go for a minute without a crash, you pass.

#1: Ground Breaking

• The number 1 signifying that it is part one in a series of six jobs, this job kicks off Mayor Phatt's plan to put a tourist attraction at the east end of Oak Valley. Clear and fix the track, then maneuver the loads to the stations where they are needed.

#2: A Bridge Too Far

• The construction site of the tourist project is going smoothly, but they need your assistance to deliver loads. You need to deliver all the loads, and construct a bridge
  Bridge
  A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
  
   over the lake
  Lake
  A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
  
   while you're at it.

#3: Striking Miners

• The limestone
  Limestone
  Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
  
   quarry workers are on strike, and won't work until they get ice cream
  Ice cream
  Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
  
  . Deliver the loads around the valley, including ice cream to the workers, to get the construction project back up to schedule.

#4: Logistic Hair Raiser

• Overnight, some hoodlums scattered the freight cars hither and yon. You need to round them up yourself if you plan to get all the loads to where they need to be on time.

#5: Uncivil Engineers

• The construction project is almost done, and you need to get all the loads to their delivery sites. However, there's a couple little issues: there's a plethora of one-way track placed by the civil engineers, and the cars are scattered across the layout again, both problems making for a lengthy job.

#6: Opening Day

• Now that the tourist attraction (a life-size replica of the Roman Colosseum
  Colosseum
  The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre , is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire...
  
  ) is finished, you simply need to deliver all the loads to it for the grand opening. Get all the food, supplies, and passengers to the Colosseum, and enjoy the celebration.

Fire Stoker

School Daze: 3rd Grade

• In this quiz, multiplication
  Multiplication
  Multiplication is the mathematical operation of scaling one number by another. It is one of the four basic operations in elementary arithmetic ....
  
   and division
  Division (mathematics)
  right|thumb|200px|20 \div 4=5In mathematics, especially in elementary arithmetic, division is an arithmetic operation.Specifically, if c times b equals a, written:c \times b = a\,...
  
   are added to the mix. However, you don't have to use all the numbers this time. Just do one of each type of problem to make the grade.

Tunnel Vision

• The new engineer doesn't know the track, so is just speeding on through the difficult tunnels. The tunnels don't match up on parallel tracks, so you need to direct the newbie through the tunnels to the station (5 min).

Dung Wars!

• The farm
  Farm
  A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
  
  er and his cows wish to play a game like pick-up-sticks with you. Starting with a line of 22 manure cars, you can uncouple 1, 2, or 3 cars at a time. Whoever takes the last one gets homemade ice cream.

Urban Sprawl

• The west end of Oak Valley is expanding quickly, but the rail line isn't placed yet. Build your own layout to connect all the business
  Business
  A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
  
  es together, and then deliver all the loads from place to place.

Sister's Last Stand

• Sister promises that this sorting job will be the last (her word means nothing), but it's difficult. Now, the cars are sorted by letter, with a slightly different type of layout. Try to outsmart your sister once and for all!

School Daze: 4th Grade

• This quiz requires you to use all the numbers and all four of the equations to pass. It's timed, so keep busy. Completing an equation gives you a bonus time of 5 minutes, but you'll need it (7 min).

• Most of the time, thanks to odd arrangements of numbers, this mission is almost impossible. This is likely the reason the job was taken out of the Deluxe version, and the previous "5th Grade" job now labeled "4th Grade".

Explosive Connections

• In this job, your objective is to sort the explosive loads (oil
  Oil
  An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
  
  , diesel fuel, dynamite
  Dynamite
  Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...
  
  , and nitro
  Nitrous oxide
  Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or sweet air, is a chemical compound with the formula . It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic...
  
  ) onto the right sidings without getting into the sidings yourself. Uncouple the needed freight car on the hill and it will automatically roll quickly to whichever siding you're switched to. Don't get a car in the wrong siding, and don't hit a car too fast! The results could be devastating (5 min).

An Engineer's Dream

• Your dream: you are on a handcar in a darkened area. The only way to uncloud the area is to drive along the tracks into the undiscovered territory. Get to the highlighted zone at the end before the time runs out to complete the job (11 min).

SwitchMaster 5000

• Time for you to test the newest train technology, the Switchy5000. This state-of-the-art system prevents you from controlling the switches; rather, it switches track whenever a train drives over the switch. Outsmart this computerized system by navigating two trains to their respective load drop-off points (5 min).

After a Winter Storm

• A destructive blizzard recently rolled through the North Pole, and some track has been destroyed. Repair what's missing, and then deliver all the needed loads to save Christmas yet again (12 minutes).

Runaway Train

• A runaway train carrying presents is going to run through Santa's village, and you need to stop it. Get it to the hill without crashing into another train to win here.

Monkey Business

• In this special unlockable job, Santa has commissioned you to build a model of the Eiffel Tower
  Eiffel Tower
  The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
  
   at the Pole. This job is similar to the Statue of Liberty job in that it has several stages of construction, but you don't have to pay for loads. Get limestone to the cement plant to make cement, and unload iron ore into the rotary dumper to get steel. Deliver all the loads to the construction site and watch the show (22 min).

Whistle Blower

Pesky Termites

• Termite
  Termite
  Termites are a group of eusocial insects that, until recently, were classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera , but are now accepted as the epifamily Termitoidae, of the cockroach order Blattodea...
  
  s have ravaged the railroad ties, destroying track and making train travel difficult. The only way to stop this is to get old Rheinfelder's lumber mill running again. The track will be destroyed randomly in random places, and it's irreparable, so be careful (7 minutes).

Lunchtime

• It's lunch break at the freight yard, and the food is sitting on a nearby line. Problem is, the line to get there's a long and difficult one, and it's blocked and broken in many places. Repair the line to the freight house and get lunch to where it needs to be (20 min).

Tower of Power

• This job is a real puzzle. You must move the numbered train from the top rail to the bottom rail, without changing the order of the cars. You can only place smaller numbers next to larger ones, and you can only move one car at a time. Figure out this ancient Eastern puzzle to clear the job.

The Night Before Christmas

• December 24, Christmas Eve: Santa isn't quite ready yet for his voyage! You need to help deliver all the loads in the confusing layout, and avoid getting hit by the passenger liner that comes periodically. Use your train wits to the best and save Christmas
  Christmas
  Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
  
   (20 min).

Nightmare on Oak Street

• The track in Oak Valley needs maintenance badly, but several high-priority deliveries of limestone need to be made. Fix broken track and clear natural hazards when you can to get all loads delivered on time (18 min).

Sister's Revenge

• As you may have expected, your sister has broke her promise and returned to give you trouble. This sorting job is an expansion of the last job like it, where cars must be sorted by letter. A combination of skill and luck will get you through your sister's final challenge.

More Switchy5000

• You get to face off against the Switchy5000 yet again. It makes your deliveries difficult by switching the track automatically when you drive over it. Get all three loads to their needed delivery points as quickly as possible to complete the objective (10 min).

School Daze: 5th Grade

• Time for a final exam! Use all numbers in all equations, as usual, but watch out for the number trains that could cut you off (15 min).

Ice Cream Social

• Cactus Valley is suffering a record heat wave, and ice cream seems to be the way to cure the citizens' displeasure. Make ice cream by delivering all the required loads, but you need to be quick so the ice cream doesn't melt (8 min).

Expensive Christmas Trees

• If you've ever wondered why Christmas tree
  Christmas tree
  The Christmas tree is a decorated evergreen coniferous tree, real or artificial, and a tradition associated with the celebration of Christmas. The tradition of decorating an evergreen tree at Christmas started in Livonia and Germany in the 16th century...
  
  s are so high-priced, this job gives you a firsthand experience as to why this is. This job is on a huge layout at the North Pole, and all of the switches are controlled by Switchy5000. Utilize the switcher diesels
  Diesel engine
  A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...
  
   if you want, and get that load of trees into the tunnel at the end of the maze (20 min).

Sort of Tricky

• This job lives up to its name. Your objective is to unscramble seven game-related anagram
  Anagram
  An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...
  
  s. You will get bonus time each time you complete a puzzle. Hurry to get these words spelled (8 min)!

A Festival of Knights

• This is the final job. Fittingly enough for a final job, it is epic in length. At Cook's Castle down the line, the knight
  Knight
  A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
  
  s are ready for a great battle. It's your job to get them the loads they need to win (and party afterward).

There are seven parts to this job, each based on a previous job. They are listed below, along with the previous job they are taken from.

1. Roll the explosive loads into their respective sidings and send the Cook's Castle loads to the locomotive at the bottom (Explosive Connections).
2. Create 2 math equations using all the given numbers (School Daze).
3. Solve the 3 word scrambles (Sort of Tricky).
4. Navigate through the hidden track maze (An Engineer's Dream).
5. Get the handcar across the heavy traffic to fix the broken switch (Rush Hour).
6. Match all the loads in the boxcars in the required amount of guesses (Mind Over Matter, et al.)
7. Rearrange the nine Cook's castle loads (dodgeballs, logs, sheep, grain, heating oil, Easter Island
   Easter Island
   Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people...
   
    statues, toy elephant
   Elephant
   Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...
   
   s, cookies, and steaks) to deliver them when needed (most other jobs).

Finish all these tasks, and the game is complete.

Sequel

3D Ultra Lionel Traintown Deluxe is the successor of 3D Ultra Lionel Traintown. It includes seven job bins, one more than its prequel. This new job bin, Layout Tinkerer, allows you to make train sets, add places, and add your own trains (locomotives and train cars). It also includes a new Phantom Engine, a space-age

Space Age

The Space Age is a time period encompassing the activities related to the Space Race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events. The Space Age is generally considered to have begun with Sputnik...

-themed diesel engine that runs at about the speed as a passenger liner, and three toy steam engines, based on the Little Lionel line. The three engines are black, red, and blue, and, surprisingly, work and sound exactly the same as the standard steam engine, though they move a little slower. A new "Toy Car" freight wagon is introduced, along the themes of the toy engines, which can hold any load. Another new wagon, the "Short Flatcar," was also introduced and is used only for the purpose of carrying letters and numbers, replacing the refrigerator cars in the School Daze jobs. The large curves found in jobs like "Recycle Mania" are placeable in Layout Tinkerer, allowing for more realistic layouts.

Several new backgrounds were introduced here, too. These include a kitchen

Kitchen

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...

, a basement workshop

Workshop

A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...

, and a New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

-esque urban area. Some locations were added as well, such as office buildings and a UFO crash site.

New Jobs

To accommodate the new features, some new jobs were added to each bin. Other previously existing jobs were moved, deleted, or modified. For example, the job "Runaway Train", previously in Fire Stoker, was changed to Whistle Blower. The new jobs are as follows:

Tutorial

Train Park: North Pole

• A massive free-play level at the North Pole.

Train Park: Kitchen

• A free-play level in the kitchen
  Kitchen
  A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...
  
  . Contains several trains, tunnels, and some cows blocking the track.

Train Park: Basement

• A free-play level in the basement
  Basement
  __FORCETOC__A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are typically used as a utility space for a building where such items as the furnace, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system...
  
   workshop, utilizing toy trains instead of realistic ones.

Train Park: Big City

• A free-play level in the big city
  City
  A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
  
  .

Train Park: Purple Moon

• A free play level on a distant moon, utilizing the phantom diesel as the engine.

Caboose Washer

Cows from Udder Space

• In this unique job, space-helmeted cows are falling from the sky onto the lunar surface. Use the stock cars to catch as many of them as you can before time runs out (5 minutes).

Show Time

• The Big City Theater is opening today, but the concessions haven't arrived. Deliver the popcorn
  Popcorn
  Popcorn, or popping corn, is corn which expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Corn is able to pop because, like sorghum, quinoa and millet, its kernels have a hard moisture-sealed hull and a dense starchy interior. This allows pressure to build inside the kernel until an explosive...
  
   and soda pop to the back of the theater, then bring the people to the front entrance to enjoy the show.

Hobo Bouncer

Fill 'Er Up

• Your snide older brother took all the fuel from your locomotives (except for one switcher), and now you have to deliver all the food to the right location to help Mom with lunchtime. Use the diesel to fuel up the trains and run them through to the right loading zone.

Clock Watcher

• To pass the time at the railyard, engineers are having a contest to bring the right letter to the correct loading zone quickest. Just sort the cars as quickly as you can.

Grease Monkey

UFO Rescue

• A UFO has crashed in the center of town. Some of the track has been destroyed, and so has the spaceship. We can't understand alien language, so your job is to deliver random loads to the crash site in hopes of getting something the aliens need. If they don't like it, they will send buddies to shoot another piece of track. Bring all the loads they like so they can take off again and leave the city be.

Locomotion Commotion

• Possibly invented as practice for "Sort of Tricky", this job has you unscramble one word with no time limit. There are several different layouts and words to try, so it's a job to do again and again. Another unique thing about this job is that the music changes depending on the layout.

Fire Stoker

Dummy Delivery

• Some loads of crash test dummies
  Crash Test Dummies
  The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...
  
   have been recalled to their factories. Unfortunately, these are on the other side of the line. Use the hump to roll the dummies across the busy traffic without getting hit. Get all nine into three different loading zones to succeed (5 min).

Short Order Cook

• Your mom is hosting dinner for guests, and needs your help. You need to load up on raw meats and buns, then drive them through the tunnel and get them turned into delicious hamburger
  Hamburger
  A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground meat usually placed inside a sliced bread roll...
  
  s and hot dog
  Hot dog
  A hot dog is a sausage served in a sliced bun. It is very often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish and/or sauerkraut.-History:...
  
  s. Then, bring the milk
  Milk
  Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
  
  , ice cream
  Ice cream
  Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
  
  , and strawberries
  Strawberry
  Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. Although it is commonly thought that strawberries get their name from straw being used as a mulch in cultivating the plants, the etymology of the word is uncertain. There...
  
   to the blender to get some milkshake
  Milkshake
  A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is made from milk, ice cream or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as fruit syrup or chocolate sauce....
  
  . Finally, serve all of the needed food at the table.

Shuttle Shuffle

• The ski resort shuttles have gone haywire and won't stop unless they hit a red signal. Thus, you have been put in charge of managing the intersection so the shuttles don't crash. Like "CodeName: Sema4" before it, you must survive for one minute to pass. However, it is now a 3-by-2 intersection, which is more difficult.

Rocky Road

• There have been very many rockslides at the North Pole. Use your plow to clear them. If it sounds easy, there's a catch: dynamite
  Dynamite
  Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...
  
   cars are running loose throughout the layout. If they hit some rocks, you get a time penalty, and if you get hit by one, you lose. Avoiding the cars is easy, but keeping them out of the way of rocks is the challenge.

Whistle Blower

Pet Sitter

• Pico the Tyrannosaurus Rex is hungry, and he'll eat anything. However, some things aren't good for him, and won't make him grow. Feed him his favorite foods and he'll grow to be a big, nice pet. If he doesn't like it, he'll shrink. Get him to be as big as you can, and watch him go (20 minutes)!

Day Trader

• The circus
  Circus
  A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
  
   needs some interesting loads that you don't have. Run the three different loads through three different tunnels. Each time you do this, the load will get traded for something else. Figure out a pattern to get the three loads you need to win.

Critical reception

3D Ultra Lionel Traintown Deluxe won the 2000 Family Game of the Year award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.